Hello,
I have been voraciously reading this site for the last sixty days and learned so much, so thank you. I was stunned but realize I must have had this for roughly two years in retrospect, based on symptoms. I feel so stupid.
Sixty days ago I was advised I had diabetes with an HBa1c of 8.2. I am a type 2.
After the diagnosis, immediately I began walking every day and a rigid diet.
Today my home test returned at 5.8. Is this even possible? I expected, hoped for something in the low 7's. I think maybe I did something wrong. Should I test again?
This was the home test: A1CNOW-SELFCHECK-TEST-DIAGNOSTICS-DIABETES
I took this test with trepidation and told myself don't be disappointed with a 7.8 just keep trying. I really think there is a mistake and it is not with the original diagnosis. The symptoms I have read about all make sense now.
For about a month I have felt so much better, night and day in terms of energy. I do not feel like I felt ten years ago but I did not think it was possible to feel this good again.
Thank you for your input and for guidance that helped me when I was in shock and filled with grief and worry.
I have been voraciously reading this site for the last sixty days and learned so much, so thank you. I was stunned but realize I must have had this for roughly two years in retrospect, based on symptoms. I feel so stupid.
Sixty days ago I was advised I had diabetes with an HBa1c of 8.2. I am a type 2.
After the diagnosis, immediately I began walking every day and a rigid diet.
Today my home test returned at 5.8. Is this even possible? I expected, hoped for something in the low 7's. I think maybe I did something wrong. Should I test again?
Medication: Glimepiride 1 MG
Carbs: My only pure carbs are from one full to one half cup of beans a day. I removed sweets, artificial and sugared all grains including oats, whole wheat, wheat and rice. Generally I mix in some greens like spinach or mustard greens with the beans to make a soup or hummus. It is dangerous for me to exercise without some pure carbs which I discovered the hard way.
Meat: Fish and turkey breast
Fruit: Strawberries and blue berries, lots of lemon and lime juice, every day
Green leafy vegs: 3.5 servings each day from spinach, turnip and mustard greens, cilantro, Brussel sprouts or cabbage.
Vegs: Cauliflower, brocolli, avocado, tomato, onion, peppers (all kinds), tomatillos, egg plant
Drinks: Black coffee and herbal tea with lemon / lime
Oils: Extra virgin olive oil and canola oil
Ginger, tumeric, garlic, paprika, cayenne, curry powder
Hard cheese a few servings a week, 90 percent cacao of a few blocks equal to about one square inch a week, six eggs a week. Fresh roasted pecans, peanuts and almonds with no salt but sometimes cayenne or other spices.
Occasionally, I will put a carrot into a spinach soup I make or a turnip into a soup I make with pinto beans and turnip greens. I read that if you eat the purer carbs such as a carrot and turnip are, mixing them with high fiber vegetables such as spinach and turnip / mustard greens, the combination will reduce their impact on your blood glucose.
Vitamins and Supplements:
I went from zero vitamins and supplements to this:
Meat: Fish and turkey breast
Fruit: Strawberries and blue berries, lots of lemon and lime juice, every day
Green leafy vegs: 3.5 servings each day from spinach, turnip and mustard greens, cilantro, Brussel sprouts or cabbage.
Vegs: Cauliflower, brocolli, avocado, tomato, onion, peppers (all kinds), tomatillos, egg plant
Drinks: Black coffee and herbal tea with lemon / lime
Oils: Extra virgin olive oil and canola oil
Ginger, tumeric, garlic, paprika, cayenne, curry powder
Hard cheese a few servings a week, 90 percent cacao of a few blocks equal to about one square inch a week, six eggs a week. Fresh roasted pecans, peanuts and almonds with no salt but sometimes cayenne or other spices.
Occasionally, I will put a carrot into a spinach soup I make or a turnip into a soup I make with pinto beans and turnip greens. I read that if you eat the purer carbs such as a carrot and turnip are, mixing them with high fiber vegetables such as spinach and turnip / mustard greens, the combination will reduce their impact on your blood glucose.
Vitamins and Supplements:
I went from zero vitamins and supplements to this:
A - 2500
B6 - 4
B12 - 39
B5: Pantothethic Acid - 20
C - 45
D - 4800
E - 30
Fish Oil - 1200
Folic Acid - 800
Niacin - 170
Calcium - 100
Iodine 40
Zinc - 2.5
Magnesium 250
Biocin - 75
B6 - 4
B12 - 39
B5: Pantothethic Acid - 20
C - 45
D - 4800
E - 30
Fish Oil - 1200
Folic Acid - 800
Niacin - 170
Calcium - 100
Iodine 40
Zinc - 2.5
Magnesium 250
Biocin - 75
This was the home test: A1CNOW-SELFCHECK-TEST-DIAGNOSTICS-DIABETES
I took this test with trepidation and told myself don't be disappointed with a 7.8 just keep trying. I really think there is a mistake and it is not with the original diagnosis. The symptoms I have read about all make sense now.
For about a month I have felt so much better, night and day in terms of energy. I do not feel like I felt ten years ago but I did not think it was possible to feel this good again.
Thank you for your input and for guidance that helped me when I was in shock and filled with grief and worry.
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